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Category Archives: rock music
Goodbye Pete Shelley
It’s a compliment to Pete Shelley that his death has provoked some rather fine online tributes from his friends and peers. In the modern world where something along the line of ‘Pete Shelley, sad news, RIP’ is regarded as newsworthy … Continue reading
Posted in memories of 70s, punk rock, rock music
Tagged buzzcocks, OGWT, pete shelley
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Tracking Thompson in 5 videos
According to my WordPress stats no one watches any videos I post. I also know it’s a pain for my vast international audience who often find the video is blocked in their country. Still I’ve committed commercial suicide by dragging … Continue reading
Tracking Thompson pt 4
The 80’s were a pretty grim time for me musically. I had fallen out with the New Musical Express so I didn’t really know what was happening on the music scene anymore. Also, being unemployed for quite a while I … Continue reading
Tracking Thompson pt 3
‘I want to see the Bright Lights Tonight’ was a respected record, just as respected as the latest release by Kevin Ayres or John Cale or any other artists who had a respectful following but not a huge amount of … Continue reading
Posted in folk rock, memories of 70s, rock music
Tagged first light, hokey pokey, linda thompson, richard thompson, sunnyvista
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Tracking Thompson Pt 2
Richard and Linda were married and all of a sudden, they were an act. They hit the jackpot with their first album ‘I want to see the Bright Lights Tonight’ was a masterpiece. Even after 44 years it still sounds … Continue reading
Tracking Thompson pt 1
I have a real fear of commitment when it comes to declaring my love for an artist. It’s born from bitter experience, I’ve been let down too many times, someone you think is a genius will then release an absolute … Continue reading
Posted in memories of 70s, rock music
Tagged fairport convention, folk rock, LIve Music, richard thompson, television, vinyl
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Paul Weller’s Wilderness Months
There’s a lot of the practice of gratitude at the moment. The idea is that you list reasons to be grateful each day whether it’s a nice meal or a beautiful sunset or the smile of a child whatever with … Continue reading
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Tagged all mod cons, bruce foxton, paul weller, the jam, this is the modern world
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